Roundup (1/20/08): Lawyers in Decline, Legal Secretaries, Alternative Fees, MS Vista Woes
In this Roundup: the decline of law as a profession, small firm tries a new approach to legal secretaries, glimmers of hope for alternative fees, and Microsoft Vista woes. The Demise of Lawyers? The Falling-Down Professions (New York Times, 6 Jan 08) reports on the...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
LPO Conference: Best Practices
Live from the ACI Legal Process Outsourcing conference in NYC. Session: Best Practices for the Ongoing Management of the Outsourcing Arrangement. Speakers: Angelo Paparelli, Managing Partner, Paparelli & Partners LLP and Elizabeth Foster Partner, Business and International Services Groups Luce, Forward, Hamilton, Scripps LLP. Paperelli...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
LPO Conference: Ethical Issues
Live from the ACI Legal Process Outsourcing conference in NYC. Session: Avoiding the Ethical and Liability Risks Associated with Outsourcing Legal Services, Speaker: Lawrence Schultis, Partner, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP. The New York City Bar ethics opinion is the leading one for ethical issues...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
3 min read
LPO Conference: Initiating an Offshore Legal Services Operation
Live from the ACI Legal Process Outsourcing conference in NYC. Session: Initiating an Offshore Legal Services Operation, a presentation by Nancy Laben, Deputy General Counsel, Accenture. Laben has, as a lawyer, negotiated many outsourcing deals over 15 years. Five years ago, she was involved in...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
4 min read
LPO Conference: Business Models
Live from the ACI Legal Process Outsourcing conference in NYC. Session: Comparing and Contrasting Different Models for Offshoring Legal Services. Moderator: Andrea Lee Negroni, Esq. Of Counsel, BUCKLEY KOLAR LLP, plus four panelists. Chris Veator of CPA – Background: CPA started in IP and now...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
LPO Conference: First Hand Experiences for Outsourcing
Live from the ACI Legal Process Outsourcing conference in NYC. Session (9:45am): Panel Discussion: First Hand Experiences on Making the Business Case for Outsourcing Offshore – Qualifying the Viability and Benefits to Overcome Stakeholder Resistance. Moderator: Jonathan Goldstein of Pangea3; Donna Webber, Chief Counsel, CIT...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
6 min read
LPO Conference: The Future of Legal Outsourcing
Live from the ACI Legal Process Outsourcing conference in NYC. Session (8:45am): Capitalizing on the Growing Trend of Outsourcing Legal Services Offshore. Speakers: Robert Glennie, Co-Founder and CEO, New Galexy Partners Limited; Russell Smith, Chairman, SDD Global Solutions PVT LTD. Bolded text reflects what I...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
5 min read
Another EDD Acquisition: Deloitte Acquires Barrasso Consulting
Consolidation of the e-discovery (EDD) market continues apace. Press Release excerpt: “Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP (Deloitte FAS) announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Barrasso Consulting LLC (Barrasso), a firm specializing in planning and executing litigation discovery programs, to further enhance Deloitte...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
LexisNexis Acquires Redwood Analytics
Law firms business intelligence has become a big deal (see my blog posts on BI). One of the leading BI software tools, Redwood Analytics, was acquired last week by LexisNexis. According to the press release, Redwood will join “the LexisNexis
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
More Australian Law Firm Innovation
Ten years ago, large US law firms thought strategy meant “we have quality lawyers.” In contrast, Australian firms were conducting serious market analysis and formulating real strategic plans. They are still way ahead of US and even UK firms. Here is yet another example. Minter...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
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